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The Interpreter

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The Interpreter	label	The Interpreter
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The Interpreter	comment	The Interpreter is a 2005 political thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn.A United Nations Interpreter, Silvia Broome (Kidman) returned late one evening to her work station and overhears a plot to assassinate Edmond Zuwanie (Earl Cameron), the leader of her home country. Fearing for her safety, a Secret Service Agent in Foreign Dignitary Protection (Penn) is assigned to investigate and keep an eye on her. The movie was the first ever movie to be filmed inside the United Nations including the chambers of the U.N. Security Council.This was the final film Pollack directed.
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The Interpreter / int_1045c71a	type	Dying Town
The Interpreter / int_1045c71a	comment	Dying Town: The African village that Simon, Xola and Phillipe drive through at the beginning. The town is largely deserted because most of the residents have been killed by Zuwanie's forces or have run away. Most of the buildings are covered in dust and obviously falling apart.
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The Interpreter / int_127fc252	type	Creator Cameo
The Interpreter / int_127fc252	comment	Creator Cameo: Director Sydney Pollack plays Tobin's boss.
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The Interpreter / int_1282bf4f	type	No Celebrities Were Harmed
The Interpreter / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed: Edmond Zuwanie is Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe in all but name.
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The Interpreter / int_1762455b	type	Sheep in Sheep's Clothing
The Interpreter / int_1762455b	comment	Sheep in Sheep's Clothing: Kuman Kuman is briefly suspected as having killed Daniel and Xola and possibly being behind the assassination plot but is innocent of both and says that he would have been willing to form a coalition government with Xola to oust Zuwanie and rebuild their country.
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The Interpreter / int_1777688d	type	Genre Savvy
The Interpreter / int_1777688d	comment	Genre Savvy: Kuman Kuman predicts the truth about who is behind the assassination plot early on, correctly analyzing how it's something a person like that would do (referencing the principals behind the Wounded Gazelle Gambit trope, and pointing out how it would benefit him in such a setting. That scene even gets a flashback once the authorities figure it out.
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The Interpreter / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
The Interpreter / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: It's an actual gun in this case. Dot comments on how frequently Zuwanie is photographed holding a gun. FBI Agent King says he'll bring it to the U.N. with him because world leaders don't have to go through metal detectors. During his U.N. visit, Silvia grabs the gun from him and threatens him with it.
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The Interpreter / int_2dc0d2bf	type	Hidden Depths
The Interpreter / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Hidden Depths: Zuwanie does show a little guilt and introspection from time to time.
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The Interpreter / int_2dddd99d	type	False Flag Operation
The Interpreter / int_2dddd99d	comment	False Flag Operation: The assassination plot is actually being orchestrated by Zuwanie and his supporters to paint his opposition as terrorist thugs, designed to give him an excuse to crack down on his political opponents and boost support in his favor ahead of his indictment trial.
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The Interpreter / int_38d02d44	type	Batman Gambit
The Interpreter / int_38d02d44	comment	Batman Gambit: Silvia's plan to assassinate Zuwanie is one that's hinging on 1) him coming to the UN to begin with and 2) going into the safe room where she is waiting. Furthermore is the implication that she's been working at the UN for years hoping that this would happen.
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The Interpreter / int_4ef62a4d	type	Full-Circle Revolution
The Interpreter / int_4ef62a4d	comment	Full-Circle Revolution: Dr. Zuwanie started as a freedom fighter, before becoming a notorious dictator. FBI Agent King comments on many rulers this has happened to: "They all begin as liberators and 20 minutes later they're as corrupt as the tyrants they've overthrown."
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The Interpreter / int_53f5119f	type	The Dragon
The Interpreter / int_53f5119f	comment	The Dragon: Lud to Zuwanie.
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The Interpreter / int_56401e68	type	Teaser-Only Character
The Interpreter / int_56401e68	comment	Teaser-Only Character: The opening scene focuses on Xola and Simon before they're gunned down by Child Soldiers working for Zuwanie.
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The Interpreter / int_588d766f	type	BlackAndGreyMorality
The Interpreter / int_588d766f	comment	Black-and-Grey Morality: Zuwanie is by all accounts a despicable human being, but Silvia eventually snaps and tries to kill him.
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The Interpreter / int_5e7642df	type	State Visit
The Interpreter / int_5e7642df	comment	State Visit: The film is set against an impending visit by the president Matobo to the United Nations, and the attempt to unravel an assassination plot against him before he arrives.
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The Interpreter / int_5f146203	type	Dissonant Serenity
The Interpreter / int_5f146203	comment	Dissonant Serenity: The entire time that that Dr. Zuwanie has a gun pointed at his head, he shows no emotion whatsoever, not does he when Tobin reveals to him that his False Flag Operation has fallen apart. It's clear that he's resigned to his fate, whatever it may be.
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The Interpreter / int_5f5aa5af	type	Bulungi
The Interpreter / int_5f5aa5af	comment	Bulungi: Matobo again. It's a recognizable Expy of Zimbabwe. Ironically, Zimbabwean censors did not find anything objectionable and allowed it to be released in the country.
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The Interpreter / int_62434fe2	type	Sanity Slippage
The Interpreter / int_62434fe2	comment	Sanity Slippage: Silvia has this after she learns about the death of her brother. She's so grief-stricken that she finally decides to try and kill Zuwanie herself. And the entire time she's holding him at gunpoint in the UN safe room she has a manic look on her face; it's clear that she doesn't give a damn about the consequences of killing a foreign dictator in the halls of the UN. It's only until Tobin threatens to shoot her himself that she ultimately backs down.
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The Interpreter / int_6b2b3b59	type	The Reveal
The Interpreter / int_6b2b3b59	comment	The Reveal: The initial assassins were an attempt by Zuwanie to deter his opponents from indicting him.
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The Interpreter / int_77315f4f	type	You Have to Believe Me!
The Interpreter / int_77315f4f	comment	You Have to Believe Me!: Averted. Sylvia clearly and concisely explains what she overheard, and her tip is dealt with competently and professionally.
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The Interpreter / int_7aba8180	type	Job Title
The Interpreter / int_7aba8180	comment	Job Title
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The Interpreter / int_898ff050	type	Villain Protagonist
The Interpreter / int_898ff050	comment	Villain Protagonist: Silvia snaps toward the end and tries to assassinate Zuwanie herself.
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The Interpreter / int_8a0d290b	type	Conlang
The Interpreter / int_8a0d290b	comment	Conlang: Ku, the official language of Matobo.
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The Interpreter / int_9646cd74	type	Government in Exile
The Interpreter / int_9646cd74	comment	Government in Exile: Kuman Kuman, an opponent to Zuwanie's regime living in America.
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The Interpreter / int_a0a005d1	type	Protagonist Journey to Villain
The Interpreter / int_a0a005d1	comment	Protagonist Journey to Villain: Zuwanie was initially hailed as a hero for his role in overthrowing an extremely corrupt government. Now he's internationally despised for his regime's many human rights abuses. Silvia herself snaps after she learns Zuwanie had her brother killed, and tries to assassinate him herself.
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The Interpreter / int_aa30e350	type	Sole Survivor
The Interpreter / int_aa30e350	comment	Sole Survivor: Phillipe to the opening massacre at the meeting he arranged. It causes him to have an attack of It's All My Fault.
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The Interpreter / int_ac7471b0	type	The Dead Have Names
The Interpreter / int_ac7471b0	comment	The Dead Have Names: Simon's journal has a disturbingly Long List of people who died violently under Zuwanie's government. He lists their names and how they died and he includes photographs of a few of them. His project is complicated by the Matoban people who avert this trope; naming the dead is against their cultural beliefs.
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The Interpreter / int_acecb17d	type	Chekhov's Skill
The Interpreter / int_acecb17d	comment	Chekhov's Skill: Silvia is so familiar with the layout of U.N. Headquarters that one of her co-workers jokingly asks if she designed the building. This is how she is able to sneak into the Safe Room and confront Zuwanie near the end.
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The Interpreter / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
The Interpreter / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: In the scene where Tobin's colleague Doug is tailing bad guy Gamba on a bus, just after Gamba gets off a passenger says "Would you look at that - guy forgot his lunch" and picks up a brown bag he left. Doug then says "Oh, man" when he realises that the bus is about to blow up...
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The Interpreter / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
The Interpreter / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Both Silvia and Tobin, mostly at each other. Also, Dot, a lot.
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The Interpreter / int_c5ccf60f	type	Internal Reveal
The Interpreter / int_c5ccf60f	comment	Internal Reveal: Silvia and the Secret Service finding out that her brother and Xola were murdered, which the audience knows from the first scene.
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The Interpreter / int_c868a42a	type	Freudian Excuse
The Interpreter / int_c868a42a	comment	Freudian Excuse: Given what her family went through at Zuwanie's hands. it's not hard to understand why Silvia's trying to kill him.
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The Interpreter / int_c9c756a8	type	Child Soldiers
The Interpreter / int_c9c756a8	comment	Child Soldiers: In one of the movie's earliest scenes, Simon and Xola are gunned down by two young boys carrying assault rifles. The boys appear to be completely desensitized to violence; there's almost no expression on their faces during the murder.
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The Interpreter / int_d21f3d5d	type	Justified Criminal
The Interpreter / int_d21f3d5d	comment	Justified Criminal: Silvia is portrayed as this for wanting to kill Zuwanie, and doesn't even get arrested at the end.
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The Interpreter / int_de56f2bf	type	Would Be Rude to Say "Genocide"
The Interpreter / int_de56f2bf	comment	Would Be Rude to Say "Genocide": Dr. Zuwanie claims that his actions are merely his way of dealing with "terrorists".
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The Interpreter / int_df410b77	type	Decoy Protagonist
The Interpreter / int_df410b77	comment	Decoy Protagonist: Silvia starts off as the protagonist, but she eventually snaps and goes on the run, intending to kill Zuwanie herself, leaving Tobin to stop both the assassination plots.
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The Interpreter / int_ea92aeb0	type	Concealment Equals Cover
The Interpreter / int_ea92aeb0	comment	Concealment Equals Cover: Averted. During the gun fight in Silvia's apartment, Gamba hides behind an inner wall. Tobin, who already knew the place, simply shoots through the wall and kills him.
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The Interpreter / int_ee0c2c3c	type	Fictional Country
The Interpreter / int_ee0c2c3c	comment	Fictional Country: Matobo is a loosely-disguised amalgam of Uganda and Zimbabwe.
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